To restore the apparently drowned. Send quickly for medical assistance. ... / Royal Humane Society, instituted 1774, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned or dead.

  • Royal Humane Society (London, England)
Date:
[c. 1834-41]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: To restore the apparently drowned. Send quickly for medical assistance. ... / Royal Humane Society, instituted 1774, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned or dead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be kept in bed, and a di^JJfcition to sleep encoum^ed, except in cases of apoplexy, intoxication, and ^bnp- de-soleil. Great care is requisite to maintain the restored vital actions, and at the same time to pre¬ vent undue excitement. The treatment recommended by the Society is to be persevered in for three or four hours. It is an erroneous opinion, that persons are irrecoverable because life does not soon make its appearance; and it is absurd to suppose that a body must not be meddled Avith or removed without the permission of a Coroner. One Guinea per annum constitutes an Annual Governor; Two Guineas an Annual Director; Ten Guineas Donation a Life Governor; T^venty Guineas a Life Director. Subscriptions are received at the folloAving Bankers:—Barnard ^ Co. Cornhill; Drummonds ^ Co. Charing Cross; Sir Jo/m Lubbock Co. MansionHouse Street; or by Benjamin Hawes, Esq. 86, Brunswick Square, Treasurer; or Mr. TVestropp, Secretary, at the Society's House, 2, Chatham Place, Blackfriars, to Avhich place all Communications are to be addressed, and where the Methods of Treatment recommended by the Society may be obtained, gratis. N. B. The Annual Reports of the Society, with the Methods of Treatment at large, sold at the Office, price Is. Compton & Ritchie, Printers, Cloth Fair Loudon.